The speakers on many smartphones can be painfully lacking in detail and bottom end, and really start to distort when the volume is pushed to levels guaranteed to annoy fellow commuters. Listening to music with the help of the built-in headphone jack will almost certainly offer an improved sonic experience, but high quality? Probably not. External headphone amps can help to increase the quality of mobile music devices, but (with some notable exceptions) these can add significant bulk to your pocket. A tiny new headphone amp named Uamp is making a bid for production on Kickstarter and, though small in size, its makers reckon that portable music lovers are in for a clearer, louder and richer listening experience... Continue Reading Tiny Uamp turns your music-playing smartphone into a portable hi-fi
Section: Electronics
Tags: Audio, Headphones, Hi-fi, Kickstarter, Portable
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from Gizmag Emerging Technology Magazine http://ift.tt/1zJpsYT
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